vb.net - How does a program ask for administrator privileges?

Question

I am developing an application using vb.net. For performing some tasks the application needs administrator privileges in the machine. How to ask for the privileges during the execution of the program?

What is the general method of switching user accounts for executing an application? In other words, is there some way for an application to run under an arbitrary user account?

Answer 1

You can edit the UAC Settings (in VB 2008) which is located in the Project Settings. Look for the line that says

<requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false" />

Change level="asInvoker" to

1. level="asInvoker" (same access token as the parent process)
2. level="requireAdministrator (require full administrator)
3. level="highestAvailable" (highest privileges available to the current user)